General Tso's Chicken

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast
• 1 tablespoon canola oil or 1 tablespoon peanut oil
• 4 teaspoons soy sauce
• 4 teaspoons dry sherry (or rice wine)
• 2 teaspoons chopped ginger
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 2 teaspoons sesame oil
• 3 dried hot chili peppers, deseeded
• 2 teaspoons finely diced orange zest or 2 teaspoons lemons, zest of
• 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 4 teaspoons soy sauce
• 2 -3 teaspoons granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 3 -5 spring onions, cut in julienne strips about 2 inches long (optional)
• crushed red pepper flakes (optional)

Recipe

• 1 marinating: put all marinade ingredients into resealable zip plastic bag; seal and rotate to mix.
• 2 cut chicken into thin bite-size strips (approximate 2"x1/4"x1"), cutting across the grain of the meat.
• 3 put chicken in marinade and rotate to evenly coat chicken.
• 4 marinate for 20 minutes, turning once after 10 minutes.
• 5 remove chicken from marinade and drain well in colander, discarding marinade.
• 6 stir-frying: in a hot wok or frying pan, heat the oil on high, adding half the chicken to the hot pan.
• 7 stir fry about 2 minutes until chicken browns.
• 8 with slotted spoon, remove chicken from hot pan and set aside.
• 9 repeat with remaining chicken.
• 10 ***if you are using (optional) spring onions, stir-fry them now for about 1 minute.
• 11 in hot pan, stir fry chili peppers for 10 seconds, adding a little more oil if needed.
• 12 finishing with sauce: add sauce ingredients to hot pan and stir fry about 2-3 minutes, or until sauce is thickened.
• 13 add chicken just to heat it (if using, add cooked green onions now) and toss with sauce.
• 14 serve over hot rice or fried rice.